Not quite a real ride

Saturday after Jeff's cousin's graduation party, we went out to visit the horses with Amanda and Matthew. Of course they were all hanging out at the bottom of the hill so we had to walk down and get them. Amanda rode Cody bareback and Matthew rode Axel bareback back up the hill while Jeff and I lead them. Luckily they got that riding in. We groomed for a few minutes and put some saddles and bridles on. Cody was acting his usual annoying self since his girl friend wasn't with us. Matthew sat on him for a little bit in the little western saddle but Cody wasn't calming down so we decided to just take turns on Axel. I put the english saddle on Axel so it'd be easier to adjust stirrups and Amanda got on him. As soon as Jeff led her out into the pasture it started pouring down rain. We stood under the overhang for a while hoping it'd die down but it showed no signs of cooperating so we gave up. I had already turned Cody out and watched him run down the hill calling the whole way. He ended up turning around and running back up the hill, still calling. I wasn't quite sure what he was up to but it turned out he was trying to get Axel to follow. We untacked Axel and turned him out and Cody was finally happy again. I think I liked it better when Cody wasn't herd boss. So maybe next time the kids are in town we can go for a real ride in the woods.